The Chicago Bears had planned to move outside of the Chicago city limits to build a new stadium, but in a pretty surprising twist, it sounds like the team will now build a new stadium inside of Chicago.
In a statement on Monday morning, the team announced plans to build a new stadium inside the city of Chicago instead of in nearby Arlington Heights, where they were previously planning to move.
“The Chicago Bears are proud to contribute over $2 billion to build a stadium and improve open spaces for all families, fans and the general public to enjoy in the City of Chicago,” the team said in a statement. “The future stadium of the Chicago Bears will bring a transformative opportunity to our region—boosting the economy, creating jobs, facilitating mega events and generating millions in tax revenue. We look forward to sharing more information when our plans are finalized.”
This is obviously a pretty significant and rather shocking announcement for the team, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media.
Arlington Heights must think they Justin Fields the way they just fumbled https://t.co/ts3fX8An8N
— Let Ryan Poles Eat (@POLESPLSEAT) March 11, 2024
I TOLD YOU SO AGAIN. The Bears were NEVER moving to Arlington Heights. It was always about leveraging their position with the City of Chicago https://t.co/jIJkvSqBpO
— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) March 11, 2024
Good! Deep down I wanted it to be in Chicago anyway.
Arlington fumbled a major bag. https://t.co/IYGJuHj7LE
— EJ 🇺🇸 (@itsmine49) March 11, 2024
ya, i’ll be taking the train the the games
they’re the CHICAGO bears & it’s staying that way https://t.co/3osRwt8Dne— Jimbo (@james_sweener) March 11, 2024
https://twitter.com/kevcharles112/status/1767142179812565113?s=20
The Bears are staying in Chicago. https://t.co/EYGhVvSQRn
— Scott Scott (@ecwiscott) March 11, 2024
The Bears have played in the city of Chicago since 1919, and it seems that it is going to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
